Glassware



(No Model.).

B-. BENNETT.

GLASSWARE. Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES BENJAMIN BENNETT, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

GLASSWARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,462, dated April 14;, 1885.

Application filed October 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BENNETT, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Glassware; and I do hereby declare the fol-. lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the stem and body of an article of glassware,when made in separate pieces, may be conveniently fastened together. The separation of the foot from the bowl has been found of great convenience and utility in the manufacture of glass, since it reduces the cost of the article and enables it to be more compactly and safely packed for transportation.

I am aware that, broadly speaking, making glassware in distinct parts and uniting them afterward is not new, and I do not claim the same; but I believe the mode of attachment and the construction of the parts herein shown to be my original invent-ion, and to have features of advantage over all other modes heretofore employed for the same purpose.

I will now describe my improvement with reference to the accompanying drawing,which represents a side elevation, partly in section, of an article of glassware, illustrating particularly the attachment of the foot or stem to the body.

In the drawing, a represents the bowlor body of a glass dish, and b the stem or foot of the same. The bottom of the bowl is provided with a number of arms, a, which are preferably pressed with the body of the vessel and extend from the circumference of the bottom to an annulus or socket, o, situate under the bottom, and preferably with its center directly under the center of the same. The arms a are made integral with this socket, and the bore of the socket is at right angles with the plane of the dish-bottom. The leg b terminates at its upper end in a neck, (1, the diameter of which is the same as that of the internal diameter of the socket, so that the neck may fit neatly within it. At the base of the neck is a circumferential shoulder, h,

and when in position the neck d projects some foot well together. Thus constructed, the foot and bowl of the glassware are easily attachable, and when attached form a strong joint and present an attractive appearance. If desired,

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The projecting part upon the shoulder it may hold the dish and its i the inside of the socket c and the part of the neck d which fits therein may be screw-threaded and connected by screwing them together, instead of screwing the nut or cap f upon the projecting part of the stem. This, however,

is not so good a construction as the one formerly described by me and shown in the drawing, since it is harder to make and is liable to breakage. As to the number of radial arms a, I deem two to benecessary; but more may be used, if preferred. I prefer to make the socket c of metal, and all the other parts of the article of pressed glass, though it is evident that the leg may be made of metal or the cap f of glass. I

My improvement is also applicable to th lid or other part of the glass dish. This is illustrated in the drawing, in which arms a extend'upward to a socket, 0, corresponding to the socket c of the bottom of the dish. An ornamental knob or other device may be attached to this socket by inserting its shank thereinto and securingit by a nut or screwcap underneath the socket and in the space between it and the topof the lid.

My improvement is applicable not only to glass, but to crockery or any kind of ceramic ware.

Havingthus described my improvement, I p

2. The combination of a glass vessel having integral arms which extend from theperiphvessel, substantially as and for the purposes 10 cry of one of the outer sides thereof, a socket; described.

situate below said side and connected with In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said arms, with a stem or similar projection, my hand this 6th day of October, A. D. 1884. one end of which is capable of being inserted BENJAMIN BENNETT. within the socket, and being fastened thereto WVitnesses:

by means of a screw-nut which is screwed l THOMAS W. BAKEWELL,

upon the projecting end of said stem and be- W. B. OORWIN. tween said socket and the said side of said 

